Chardonnay is back on wine shopping lists

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The world’s most popular white wine grape variety has suddenly shot back on to shopping lists. Our expert explains why

Who knew? Chardonnay girl is back. The world’s most popular white wine grape variety, chardonnay, has suddenly shot back on to our shopping lists. Waitrose noted a 16 per cent spring in chardonnay sales over the past year and it is the same over at Marks & Spencer, who registered a 12 per cent increase across all chardonnay wine styles, with an impressive 22 per cent uplift in chablis and 24 per cent in petit Chablis — doubly impressive considering the latter, the 2012 Petit Chablis, costs £9.99.

As usual, the behemoth Tesco, responsible for one in every four bottles that